Manila: The Sandiganbayan, an anti-graft court, called for the seizure of three real estate properties worth 43.8 million peseos (Dh3.65 million) of former dictator Ferdinand Marcos and former First Lady Imelda Marcos, as payment for the 10 million pesos graft case won by a government agency that was filed against the former first lady in 1987, a local paper said.
The Sandiganbayan has now called for the implementation of a case won by the Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG) against Imelda in 2010. The former dictator was ousted by a people-backed military mutiny in 1986, following 20 years of rule, the Inquirer said.
In a September 2010 ruling, the Sandiganbayan said the PCGG was right in claiming that Imelda had transferred from the account of the National l Food Authority, a government agency, at the Philippine National Bank, to a private account at the Security Bank, while she was former head of the Manila Metropolitan Development Authority (MMDA).
The PCGG won the case after former NFA Administrator Jesus Tanchanco had testified that the transfer was urged by the former first lady.
The three private properties included 864 square metre lot on P. Guevarra corner Maude street, 1,584 square metre lot on Don Mariano Marcos St and a 932 square metre lot on Claro M. Recto, all situated in suburban San Juan.
Last year, the PCGG had filed a notice of levy on the properties at the Register of Deeds in San Juan.
These properties are now worth 43,8 million pesos, the current equivalent amount of the 10 million pesos graft case that was won by the PCGG against the couple in at the Sandiganbayan in 2010.
The interest earned by the graft case has ballooned to 33.8 million pesos last month, said the Sandiganbayan.
The Sandiganbayan added the amount of1.95 million pesos in damages, attorney fees, and litigation expenses to be paid to the PCGG.
